Bear's Pinewood Derby

In his 3rd year of racing, Ben designed his car to be a Corvette (it was a theme in January). He was excited to win 3rd place (I can't remember if it was speed or design...). Overall, it was a successful pinewood derby this year!

Tiger's Pinewood Derby

This was the year that Nick was finally a cub scout and could do the pinewood derby as a scout! They spent a day over winter break working on their cars with Grandma and Dzaidzui, and they turned out pretty awesome. Mom fail - I forgot to get pictures of them with their cars. Nick was a little sad that he didn't win, but he still had a lot of fun! 

3D Pen Skills

The boys got 3D pens for Christmas. I had ordered more filaments, which included gold. Ben immediately got to work on making his own set of Saints players, including #9, Drew Brees. I have to say, he did a pretty good job! 

A Little Birthday Celebration

Because I wasn't feeling great, we stayed home and had a little Tricia Ct bday party for Ben. He got 8 laser tag guns - enough so all the kids on the court can play. They of course, played in the basement for a few hours, but someday soon, they will get to play with them outside!

Ben is really into Corvette's right now, so I made him a Corvette cake. Nothing too fancy because, honestly, just making the cake was hard enough because I was still getting over the stomach bug. But it was tasty! 

9 Year Old Birthday Pancakes

And then he was 9. :( I'm still in denial. School was canceled the Friday before his birthday, so he was pretty bummed about not getting to celebrate at school, but we had fun on Saturday, his actual birthday. We started with chocolate chip pancakes, a birthday staple. 

Hibachi for the Birthday Boy!

We went out to dinner to celebrate Ben's birthday on his birthday-eve. He wanted hibachi at Nagoya, and with it being a snow storm and a Friday night, we thought our odds of getting seated quickly were better than trying to go on Saturday. Ben had swordfish hibachi and ate it like a champ. He and Nick loved our hibachi chef, so played it up for the boys! Unfortunately, I came down with a stomach bug that day, so I didn't get to enjoy it in it's full glory, but it really did smell good!

King Cake in Perrysburg!

Churchill's for the win! King cake on Epiphany! 

Breaking In Some Christmas Presents

New year, new toys to break in. Nick and Austin played a game of cards at the new game table. And Adam set up the [outdoor] movie projector in the basement, because Star Wars Battlefront is made to play on a 90" screen, duh. 

2018 - A New Year

I'm a little behind on 2017, so we'll just start fresh in 2018. Only 1.5 months behind, but it's been a quiet start to the year, so we can catch up quickly.

2018 started off with a great Tricia Ct NYE celebration! 

Hawaii '17: A Hawaiian Sunset Send Off

Our Hawaiian send off with a beautiful sunset! Sad to go!!